Press Release
Five Acres Opens Registration for 5th Annual Clinical Conference
[Los Angeles, California] January 31, 2018 – Five Acres 5th Annual Clinical Conference will take place at the courtyard Marriott in Monrovia, CA on March 15th 2018 from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Led by chair Dr. Rachel McClements, Chief Clinical Officer for Five Acres, the clinical conference is intended for mental health providers who...
Five Acres Sets World Record to Raise Foster/Adoption Awareness
More than 85 foster/adoption advocates participated in Five Acres successful world record attempt for longest trust fall relay on November 1, 2017. [Altadena, Calif] November 22, 2017 – Local family and child services nonprofit Five Acres has successfully set a record for the world’s longest trust fall relay to raise awareness for foster care and...
Five Acres Announces 30th Annual Golf Classic & Mad for Plaid Par-Tee
Five Acres Announces 30th Annual Golf Classic & Mad for Plaid Par-Tee Event will raise critical funds for local children and families [Altadena, Calif] August 14, 2017 – Five Acres, San Gabriel Valley’s oldest nonprofit, will celebrate its 30th Annual Golf Classic and Mad for Plaid Par-Tee on September 18, 2017 at a private golf...
Five Acres Announces Floe Financial Partners Sponsorship
[Altadena, Calif] May 25, 2017 – Floe Financial Partners is supporting Five Acres, a child and family service agency, in tandem with the investment firm’s 30th anniversary. This will include a relationship of the two organizations at Five Acres events and on other public platforms. The sponsorship provides Five Acres and Floe Financial Partners the...
Five Acres Receives $1 Million Gift for the Helen Webster Cottage Care Project
[Altadena, Calif] – Five Acres has received a $1 million dollar gift from the Helen and Will Webster Foundation to improve and enhance all eight of the residential cottages located on the organization’s main campus in Altadena. The gift has been made in honor of Helen Webster, who passed away in February 2017. This extremely...
Five Acres announces Corporate Partnership with Gamble Jones Investment Counsel
MEDIA ALERT: Altadena, Calif –Five Acres, a child and family service organization, and Gamble Jones Investment Counsel, a leader in wealth management, have announced a strategic partnership in conjunction with Five Acres’ new Corporate Partnership Program. The partnership provides Five Acres and Gamble Jones the opportunity to heighten the visibility of both agencies and advocate...
Five Acres Welcomes New Board Members
Altadena, Calif—(Wednesday, March 8, 2017) Five Acres announced the addition of three new board members to the agency’s Board of Directors. Celeste Liversidge, Scott Street, and Erica Tejeda will all be joining the Board as new members after years of involvement with various Five Acres committees. The three new members were inducted at the agency’s...
Five Acres hosts first, “Fashion for Philanthropy” event featuring Black Halo designs and proceeds benefiting the agency’s various programs
Tuesday, January 24, 2017– (Altadena, Calif) The fashion world and philanthropy will come together for a great cause, when Five Acres brings fashion designer, Laurel Berman and her Black Halo line- best known for the famous, “Jackie-O” dress, to the Langham Huntington in Pasadena, California on Tuesday, February 7, 2017. Five Acres will host,...
Five Acres Announces Appointment of David L. Graft as Chief Financial Officer
For Immediate Release: Altadena, Calif – January 9, 2017 – David L. Graft has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of Five Acres effective December 19, 2016. CEO Chanel Boutakidis, along with Five Acres Board of Directors has hired Graft to oversee, among other things, all financial and business matters including setting financial policy and direction,...